Ms. Spence is an idiot. Got that figured out when she was 20 minutes late for her lecture on manners. Confirmed yesterday when she took a cellphone call in the middle of her talk. Confirmed again today. Probably also again tomorrow.
Yeah you have to develop thick skin or at least see things from their perspective. When I was Teena’s age I thought everyone over 30 was old. Hence when I was around 50 and had a 10 year old Sunday school kid who said I was old I didn’t let it bother me. At least she didn’t also say I was fat lol!
This isn’t a ‘gotchya’ on the kids. Every thing she has said, done and reacted to tells me she may be that way. If it is, this is not the way to teach middle schoolers. They really won’t want to listen to her or pay attention to what she says. I know, as an adult, I wouldn’t find it funny or amusing.
Definitely too sensitive. There’s a difference between being someone’s ELDER & being OLD. Jeri is Teena’s ELDER technically. Teena probably should have said her mother didn’t want her to call ADULTS by their first name (but that wouldn’t have set up the reaction LOL).
The Old Wolf about 11 years ago
Ms. Spence must be a Redditor.
susanwobb about 11 years ago
Ms. Spence is an idiot. Got that figured out when she was 20 minutes late for her lecture on manners. Confirmed yesterday when she took a cellphone call in the middle of her talk. Confirmed again today. Probably also again tomorrow.
rmacprivate about 11 years ago
Time to bring back dueling. That will give the overly sensitive a real quick reality check. Should help with politics too.
snatzerpazooka about 11 years ago
We taught our kids to say: " I am sorry, time has not allowed us to be equals"
Fogger_man about 11 years ago
Yo! Ms Spence! Grow some skin… sheesh! You work around middle school kids; you’re gonna need some.I have to agree with everyone else… she’s an idiot!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 11 years ago
for an old strip no longer written, this one hit the old nail on the head.
alondra about 11 years ago
Yeah you have to develop thick skin or at least see things from their perspective. When I was Teena’s age I thought everyone over 30 was old. Hence when I was around 50 and had a 10 year old Sunday school kid who said I was old I didn’t let it bother me. At least she didn’t also say I was fat lol!
bugaboo27 about 11 years ago
I sure hope this woman turns out to be pulling a “see-how-my-bad-manners-affected-your-opinion-of-me” lesson. If not, she’s just plain awful!
unca jim about 11 years ago
@rmacprivate said;
“Time to bring back dueling. That will give the overly sensitive a real quick reality check. Should help with politics too.”
I second your motion.
Dr Lou Premium Member about 11 years ago
Rather silly sequence…the cartoonist really does seem to have school ‘issues.’ And to a 10 year old….almost everybody is an ‘elder.’
Dragon0131 about 11 years ago
This isn’t a ‘gotchya’ on the kids. Every thing she has said, done and reacted to tells me she may be that way. If it is, this is not the way to teach middle schoolers. They really won’t want to listen to her or pay attention to what she says. I know, as an adult, I wouldn’t find it funny or amusing.
ChappellGirl5 about 11 years ago
Definitely too sensitive. There’s a difference between being someone’s ELDER & being OLD. Jeri is Teena’s ELDER technically. Teena probably should have said her mother didn’t want her to call ADULTS by their first name (but that wouldn’t have set up the reaction LOL).
bjoanz about 11 years ago
@SimpsonFan2…part of Freedom of Speech (and civility in America, ftm) also includes understanding how and when ….to shut the hell up!